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Cancellation of Removal Basic requirements, which may include, among other criteria, – Extreme hardship, or in some cases – Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship Fulfilling conditions of VAWA, plus extreme hardship

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Exemption from Language Requirement Condition that impairs speaking, reading, writing English Assessment of developmental history, general functioning, and current level of cognitive functioning, and academic achievement

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Psychological-Legal Nexus Asylum cases – Extent to which psychological evidence is consistent with Reasonable fear associated with persecution Symptoms of acute stress or trauma disorder consistent with reasonable fear of death, or Symptoms of PTSD or neuropsychological symptoms consistent with psychological and physical torture

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12 Report Preparation Format Your identity as an expert Nature of the referral and the referral question The evaluation – what you did Your findings Your opinions - conclusions

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Psychological-Legal Nexus Application for Cancellation of removal – What, if any, psychological-social-behavioral condition is present that may rise to the level of “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship?” – What is the nature and extent of the hardship that may be imposed?

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“Exceptional & Extremely Unusual Hardship” spouse, parent, or child would suffer hardship that is substantially beyond that which would ordinarily be expected to result from the alien’s deportation, but does not need to show that such hardship would be “unconscionable.”

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Application for Cancellation of removal Even with documentation, great suffering generally gets little consideration or weighting in determination of disposition of an application (Hake, 2004) A combination of elements is necessary to for an application to be successful and psychological or medical hardship is only a portion of it